Pratik Prasenjit is a content producer at Hindustan Times. He has previously worked with television media, digital marketing and news agencies. He looks after producing, publishing and marketing social media creative assets for @httweets.
Articles by Pratik Prasenjit
Public Instagram account, vulgar captions: Memes turned nightmare for this Varanasi family
Durgesh and his “catfishing chronicles” have become a butt of jokes on social media with people churning out vulgar memes that soon began doing the rounds on popular meme pages on Facebook.
Updated on Nov 01, 2017 02:52 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Indian Photoshop wizard takes editing requests quite ‘literally’ to create hilarious photos
You better be careful what you ask of this guy because he is a Photoshop troll wizard.
Updated on Aug 14, 2019 04:27 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Quora user questions railways on safety: Guess who answered
The world’s fourth largest rail network that carries 23 million passengers every day was hit by 78 derailments in 2016-17 with 193 people dead, the most in 10 years.
Updated on Oct 31, 2017 03:16 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Dustbin devotion: Viral video shows women worshipping a kangaroo-shaped trash can
A kangaroo-shaped dustbin installed inside a temple complex recently turned into a shrine after a group of women started worshipping the figurine, mistaking it for a deity
Updated on Oct 30, 2017 06:41 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Creepiest engagement ever? Pennywise ‘photobombs’ couple’s perfectly posed pictures
But when a woman asked her brother to shoot her engagement pictures, little did she know that Pennywise would show up, uninvited
Published on Oct 25, 2017 03:32 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
In Kabul or not: Did Afghans ‘photoshop’ Tillerson’s meeting picture with President Ghani?
A tweet initially mentioned that the meeting took place in Kabul but then a correction was subsequently issued, saying they met at the high-security military base in Bagram.
Updated on Oct 25, 2017 02:33 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Watch: This Texas couple knows the secret to an 18-hour long orgasm
Melanie and Scott McClure told the hosts -- Holly and Phillip -- on Wednesday that they can orgasm just by hugging or even when they are in different rooms, with their clothes on.
Updated on Sep 29, 2017 04:15 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
A mother’s love: Female cop breastfeeds suspect’s hungry baby, wins the internet
A female police officer in China has won the hearts of the people on the internet after pictures of her breastfeeding a four-month-old baby of an under-trial prisoner went viral on social media
Updated on Sep 28, 2017 05:28 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
‘Facebook Fascism’: Man posts ‘Kamal ka phool hamari bhool’, gets blocked
A Facebook user has claimed that the social networking site blocked his account for 30 days after he posted ‘Kamal ka phool hamari bhool’ (Our mistake, the lotus) with a photo on his page.
Updated on Sep 29, 2017 06:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Women in Saudi Arabia to take the wheel from 2018, Twitter feels driverless cars will come early
While the historic decision to allow women to drive has left activists and leaders around the globe overjoyed, it sent Twitter into an overdrive.
Updated on Sep 27, 2017 02:12 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
‘It’s not about a face’: Bengaluru man’s post about finding love has touched many
True love is often found in the unlikeliest of places and circumstances. And Bengaluru resident Jayaprakash has realised it over the years.
Updated on Sep 27, 2017 10:31 AM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
‘Your wife must be so proud’: Internet hails Canadian groom for saving boy from drowning
Clayton Cook and his bride Brittany Cook were posing for their post-wedding pictures in Ontario’s Victoria Park last Friday when he spotted a young boy struggling in the pond.
Updated on Sep 26, 2017 04:45 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Twitter user ‘flagged’ danger at Delhi railway station 5 days before derailment
A Twitter user has claimed he had warned the railway ministry about a potential mishap at Delhi’s Shivaji Bridge, five days before the Ranchi Rajdhani express derailed near the station
Updated on Sep 08, 2017 04:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
“Don’t want Republic TV here”: JNU’s Shehla Rashid berates journalist, gets called out on Twitter
People on social media, including senior journalists react strongly to Shehla Rashid’s shaming of a journalist, who was doing his job and point out that freedom of speech is not unilateral.
Updated on Sep 08, 2017 01:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
‘Only if they used a cow filter’: Twitter users mock FIR against AIB for Modi photo
Several users, including stand-up comedians, voiced their reservations about the group’s humour but argued that the FIR was ‘unwarranted and stupid’.
Updated on Jul 14, 2017 05:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Sonu Nigam jumps on Dhinchak Pooja bandwagon, croons ‘Dilon ka shooter’ with a twist
In a video shared on his official Facebook page, the singer ruminates on how the song would have sounded had it been recorded in the 90’s and sung by the then singing star Kumar Sanu.
Updated on Jul 12, 2017 07:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Why this ‘Calibri’ di: Pakistanis troll Nawaz Sharif, daughter over fontgate
The joint investigation team (JIT) probing Sharif’s alleged involvement in Panama Papers graft case has accused Maryam Sharif of providing ‘fake/falsified documents’.
Updated on Jul 12, 2017 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Disappointed or relieved? Dhinchak Pooja videos taken off YouTube, thanks to Kathappa
Internet singing sensation Dhinchak Pooja’s videos have been deleted from Youtube after alleged copyright violation but here’s why social media is hailing ‘Kathappa’ this time.
Updated on Jul 12, 2017 06:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Close shave from claws of death: Mumbai woman ‘run over’ by train, survives miraculously
As luck would have it, the woman escaped with just minor injuries even as the train ran over her.
Updated on Jun 07, 2017 05:20 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Shiv Sena threatens to stop flights from Mumbai, Twitter takes ‘Grounded Gaikwad’ to task
Here’s how Twitter shot back at Sena’s brazen display of hooliganism:
Updated on Apr 06, 2017 05:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
To Pluto and back? Ola asks Mumbai guy to pay Rs 149 cr for ‘a trip not taken’
Mumbai resident Sushil Narsian shared on social media that he was charged a whopping Rs 149 crore bill for a Ola ride which he claims he did not take. Read what happens next
Updated on Apr 05, 2017 06:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Vin Adityanath or Yogi Diesel? Twitter memes ‘congratulate’ UP’s new CM
Twitter trolls found a resemblance between UP’s CM-designate Yogi Adityanath and Hollywood star Vin Diesel’s appearance. So, they tweeted about it, in typical troll style.
Updated on Mar 18, 2017 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
TMC’s Derek O‘Brien slams right-wing blogger, Twitter demands apology for slander
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O‘Brien on Thursday drew flak on Twitter for alleging a user for issuing “rape and communal threats” while slamming the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for “mainstreaming hate” in Parliament.
Updated on Feb 03, 2017 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Pratik Prasenjit
Repeat after me: Teacher’s rap grammar lessons wows social media
The two-and-a-half-minute video posted on Facebook shows his teenaged students repeating sentences as the tutor makes animated gestures by throwing his hand in the air, engrossed in his own creation of ‘grammar rap’.
Updated on Jan 11, 2017 06:20 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Shuddh Desi Porn on smartphone: Indians still can’t get over Sunny Leone
Interestingly, the pursuit for ‘Indian aunty with young’ spiked out of nowhere last year to make it to the list of top 10 searches in 2016, even as India slipped to the fourth rank in contributing to global porn traffic.
Updated on Jan 10, 2017 04:30 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
Credit where it’s due: This old lady offers roses, thanks bankers for their services
This video of an old lady offering roses to employees, thanking them for their services in a Lucknow bank, is so heartening!
Published on Nov 22, 2016 02:52 PM IST
Pratik Prasenjit, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
That’s a good sport! Sehwag stumps Sachin on Twitter
Sachin had posted a tweet congratulating the Indian team for comprehensively defeating New Zealand and achieving an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ongoing Test series, to which Sehwag pulled a short leg.
Updated on Oct 06, 2016 01:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pratik Prasenjit, New Delhi
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